The Royal Record

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Buckingham Palace

The King, Patron, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, this morning visited Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre to mark the Flow Country’s listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was received at Forsinard Railway Station by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland (Major General Patrick Marriott) and the Chair of Flow Country World Heritage Site Steering Group (Mrs Frances Gunn).

His Majesty, escorted by the Chair, proceeded on foot to the Visitor Centre and met scientists and steering group members responsible for the World Heritage bid, before meeting members of the local community.

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr José Alberto Briz Gutierrez at 105A Westbourne Grove, London W2, this morning in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Guatemala to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today attended the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, France.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Admiral Laurence, this afternoon visited the Olympic Village, Pleyel, Bords de Seine, Saint-Denis.

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Sandringham, Norfolk

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon His Excellency Mr Karel van Oosterom at 38 Hyde Park Gate, London SW7, this afternoon in order to bid farewell to His Excellency upon relinquishing his appointment as Ambassador from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today attended the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, France.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Admiral Laurence, this evening visited Team GB House, Pavillon d’Armenonville, Allée de Longchamp, Paris.

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St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today attended the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, France.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Three Choirs Festival, this evening attended a performance of “Mass for the Endangered” in Worcester Cathedral and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire (Mrs Beatrice Grant).

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St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this morning visited the Team GB Performance Lodge, Greta des Hauts-de-Seine 92, 23 Rue Fernand Pelloutier, Clichy, France.

Her Royal Highness, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Admiral Laurence, later attended the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris.

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Sandringham, Norfolk

The Queen today attended King George Day at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, today attended the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, France.

Her Royal Highness, Member, International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Admiral Laurence, later attended a World Rugby Executive Board Celebration of Rugby Sevens Reception at Stade de France, Paris.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Patron, Three Choirs Festival, this evening attended a performance of Stanford’s “Stabat Mater” in Worcester Cathedral and was received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire (Mrs Beatrice Grant).

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Sandringham, Norfolk

General the Hon David Hurley was received in audience by The King at Buckingham Palace this morning upon relinquishing his appointment as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia when His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Mrs Hurley was also received by The King.

His Majesty this afternoon at Clarence House received the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties Presidencies Troika, represented by Dr Sultan Al Jaber (COP28 President, United Arab Emirates), Mr Mukhtar Babayev (COP29 President-Designate) and Secretary Ana Toni (National Secretary for Climate Change, Brazil).

The King afterwards joined a Meeting at Clarence House with the representatives of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties Presidencies Troika and Chief Executive Officers from the Private Sector.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Patron, the Eric Liddell 100, this morning visited the Scots Kirk Paris Presbyterian Protestant Church, 17 Rue Bayard, Paris, France.

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and President, British Olympic Association, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this evening attended a screening of the Opening Ceremony of the XXXIII Olympic Games at Team GB House, Pavillon d’Armenonville, Allée de Longchamp, Paris.

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Sandringham, Norfolk

The King, Patron, the Royal Countryside Fund, this evening received Mrs Heather Hancock (Chairman) and Mr Keith Halstead (Executive Director).

By command of The King, Mr Alistair Harrison (Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps) called upon Her Excellency Mrs Ivita Burmistre at 45 Nottingham Place, London W1, this morning in order to bid farewell to Her Excellency upon relinquishing her appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Latvia to the Court of St James’s.

By command of His Majesty, the Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps called upon Her Excellency Ms Simona Leskovar at 17 Dartmouth Street, SW1, later in order to bid farewell to Her Excellency upon relinquishing her appointment as Ambassador from the Republic of Slovenia to the Court of St James’s.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, President, British Olympic Association, this morning visited Team GB Preparation Camp, 3 Avenue du President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France.

Her Royal Highness, Member, International Olympic Committee, this evening attended the International Olympic Committee President’s Reception and Dinner at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and Chairman, International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, today attended the International Olympic Committee Session at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, Paris, France.

Her Royal Highness, President, British Olympic Association, this evening attended a Reception in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, to welcome Team GB to the XXXIII Olympic Games and was received at the Residence of His Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic by Her Excellency Dame Menna Rawlings.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Kent, President, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, this morning visited the new Dover Lifeboat Station, New Marina Curve Road, Dover, and was received by Brigadier Trevor Minter (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Kent).

His Royal Highness this afternoon visited Hornby Hobbies Limited, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, to commemorate the Company’s 70th Anniversary at the site and was received by Mr Frank Martin (Deputy Lieutenant of Kent).

The Duke of Kent afterwards visited the One:One Collection (owned and operated by the Locomotive Storage Company Limited), Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate.

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Sandringham, Norfolk

The Governor of Queensland (Her Excellency the Hon Dr Jeannette Young) was received by The King this morning.

Professor Graeme Nimmo was also received by His Majesty.

The Asantehene (Ruler of the Kingdom of Ashanti) visited The King.

St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal, Member, International Olympic Committee, and Chairman, International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, today attended the International Olympic Committee Session at the Palais des Congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, Paris, France.

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St James’s Palace

The Princess Royal this evening departed from Heathrow Airport, London, for France and was received upon arrival later at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, by His Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic (Her Excellency Dame Menna Rawlings).